Hewlett-Packard has technology to replace transistors
February 2nd, 2005 Leave a comment Visited 119 times, 2 so far today
Hewlett-Packard has technology to replace transistors
Tech Giants Hewlett-Packard has announced that their researchers have developed a technology that in the coming years can replace one of the basic building blocks used to make computers… the transistor. The company announced on Tuesday that they have proved it that their new development ‘crossbar latch’ can provide the signal restoration and inversion required in computers without any needs of transistors.
They have published this fact in the Journal of Applied Physics and mention three members of the HP’s Quantum Science Research group. With this upgraded technology, HP claims computers with much more capabilities can be developed which would be thousands of time more powerful than computers of today’s generation. Quite a claim I would say.
One of the authors of the paper Stan Williams said that the technology was reinventing the computing technology at the molecular state. And their developed crossbar latch provides a key element needed for building a computer using nanometer-sized devices that are relatively inexpensive and easy to build.
However, another author settled the claim by saying that transistors would continue to power the computers in the coming years. Though, someday soon their technology would be ready to be used on primetime-developed computers, which is expected to happen in around 6 to 10 years. HP scientists speculated that their development would be used along with traditional semiconductor transistors in the starting phases.
The whole concept is well set to extend the famous Moore’s law to even longer period of time…
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February 2nd, 2005 at 6:48 pm
It may well replace the transistor, but it will never impact the collective cultural memory as the transistor did. Why not? Who in the dickens will remember something called the “crossbar latch?” It sounds very old-fashioned, and many will likely assume it is nothing more than a carpenter’s tool, or some common hardware store part for their picket fence. Possibly worse, since it may replace the transistor, it will simply be called a transistor itself. In fact, I will call it that, “the new transistor,” for now. (”Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”) Advice to HP: Find another name for your new technology, or you’ll change the world with no one remembering anything but the magnificent transistor. You may know electronics, but you’ve a lot to learn about marketing!
February 2nd, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Won’t be much use for power amps then.
February 2nd, 2005 at 8:08 pm
“A lot to learn about merketing”? At this point it is a post in a scientific journal. At this point that’s about all the marketing they need. As far as I’m concerned most of the worlds technological advances were not market-governed by a name suited to US marketing trends. The scientific community happen to be attracted applications of technologies as opposed to their catchy names and we’re not even talking about scientists here. 99% of all people do not give a shit whether the name of the processor technology in the computer they are buying is “Transistor”, “Crossbar latch” or “Jon Bon Jovi”.
February 2nd, 2005 at 8:19 pm
Until a product is created with the new technology there will be no marketing, I am sure they do not fully understand what they can and can not do with it currently. When the transistor was developed they did not know instantly how far the technology would go and every use of it. The next few years if development will be interesting, can they make something reliable, useful and cheap enough for a consumer.
February 3rd, 2005 at 10:49 am
Sounds interesting. but i’ll need details on this “cross-bar latch” befor concluding anything.
February 3rd, 2005 at 3:38 pm
What is ‘Cross Bar Switch?’ What this hard ware consists of?
February 3rd, 2005 at 8:22 pm
How about ‘transistor light’ or ‘TL’? No current carrying ability for power applications, but able to signal switch in boolean function when you hook ‘em together.
February 4th, 2005 at 5:33 am
Has anyone noticed that the time this development is said to be “commercially viable” will be 2012 — the date both the Mayans and Terrence McKenna have named as the point at which history ends? Will this conjunction of metal and molecules somehow overwhelm human consciousness?